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Thursday, October 16, 2014

"Eko Devices has developed a Bluetooth-enabled attachment for your stethoscope that captures high..."

“Eko Devices has developed a Bluetooth-enabled attachment for your stethoscope that captures high quality recordings of auscultated heart sounds. These sounds are then transferred automatically to the cloud, via a connected smartphone or tablet, where the acoustic pattern is compared to a library of over 30,000 heart sounds to identify the most likely cause of an abnormality. On the connected mobile device, the user can both re-listen to the heart sounds and also review the acoustic signal.”

- Eko Devices aims to enhance, not replace, the stethoscope

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